• • - - - • r - . ,7 , _ . _ - - •". °llllll.llll lblir e -;- 11 .` • • • I • _ . . • 11 , 6 • 11* ' I " _ • . - """•••• 1 - . - 4,::6atitB6n i Val)listir. _DEMOCRACY, By JOHICG.-WUITTliia. l ll ,bornOh.-fairer of love a9d light s , ..Yet ben 'uti, brWand 'eye severe. On all wh 4% pains the holy sight; Or wounds I hi( pure and perfect ea r l Beautiful yet the temple rise, . Thnugh there prnfaning gifts are thrown; And fires- unkindled in the skies Are glaring round thy alter stone. sacred-IthOtigh thy pame • libreathed , By those, Whose •hearts thy truth &nide ; And garlands, plucked from . thee are wreath'd 4 Around thelaughty,brows le* pride. 0, ideal-ot: my boyhood's timet • The faith in7hich my,father stood, Even when the4sons 61, lost and crime . • Had stained thy peaceful courts -with blood! Still to those - courts my footstepsturn , For, through the mists that dirken there, if see the game of freedom burn— The Rebla- of the patriot's prayer I _ The' zeneroug feeling pure and•warm. • - Which owns the right of all divine— Thepitying, heark.—the helping arm— Tileprompt itelf-sieritiee- r are thine. Beleath thy broad, impartial eye How fade the lines of ceate and birth! How equal in their autTering lie • • The groaning multitudes of earth Still to a stricken brother true: Whatever clime bath nitrtured him ; As stooped to heal the wounded Jew The worshipper of Gerizint 13y misery unrepellii, untwed : . BY pomp or power, thou see'st a 241 . -ts In p,inee or . peasant —Slave or — l'alepriest r or swarthy artisan, _ . Througli all cliszni,-e, form, place or name, Ben -nth - the iunting robes of sin, Thr..ugh poverty and squalid shame, - _Thou lookest on the man -within, Op man. as man. retaining. yet, Howe'er debased, and soird, and dim, . The crown upon his forehold %et - - The immortal gilt of God to him. And there is reverence in thy took ; • For that frail form which. mortals wear The Spirit et the Holiest took; And veiled His perfect brightness there 'get from the - cold'and shall , iw fount • Of vain philosophy thou art, - Ile who of old .syrittis - Moortt, ,Thrilled, warm'd by turns the listner's heart - . In holv,words which cannot-die, In thoughts which angelslean'd to,know, klinclsimed thy message from on high— Thy mission to tt.world of wo. Tic,t voice's echo bath not - died! From the blue take. of Galileo, • And Tabor's lonely mountain side; _ It calls 'a struggling world to thee. Thy name! and - wiitchword o'er this land • I hear , every breeze that stirs, • 'And round s thousand'altars stand Thy bari'ded party worshippers. Not fo these altars of a day,. All pa rtY's call, my gift I bring But on thy olden shrine Islay •" • 'A freernan's'desiest offering, - • The voiee l lippAs "uttrrsnoo of - •• His p1t.46 to freedom ard to - truth. Th:lt. Inarthoorrs heart rata, ultr.rs still The honsir7e of its.generous youth; CASTLE CRAIG ; The Witch of the South Pass. =El= BY H. HAIIILTON. —:o:—. Castle Craig.! • A deep tavine in the south rucurtsin— one of the branched of. the Blue Rilge— made, as it were., by the ancient course of some of the vaileY streams. UPonATise side the mountain looms- up in a regllar' ampi theatre, while on the other the rarge'is bro ken_ and craggy,' with; for some distance. scarce a bush to cover its rugged brow. One ..olthe rocks protruding over the rest, teemed supported by the others, like caAle walls, for nishinga kind of house, or shelter. from the deptks of the ravine it looks as if the en trance to it was as large as a hail door, while above, and-around the gray; irregular rocks: seem like the keeps and turrets of a castle.— Prom this it 'derived its name. • Many years have passed, --since my old grand=mother who" has! lived to tire age of ninety years, trst told lime the legend I am about. - to narrate; sincilmany rears—thirty, at least—had passed since the days of its re puted occurrence. had often beeia to see the 'spot, and. gazed admiringly at its wild beauty, : until 1 became awed , by its rugged gntodeur. •;.'et a spell of fear always crept over me i and caused me to leave it in solemn silence. So, it appears, had. been its effect upon the denizens of the valley and mountain thirty years before. But•then for, a different cause. The laborer, as the esining shadows settled over the ravine, and be stiolled„ horns wearied from his • toil, looked lip at the gray rocks and quickening his pace, woulo mutter, with a shudde? ot, • `Castle Craig!' The mountaineer, whose music through the long day was the ring _of •the axe, in chorus with his bold song, looked out" from,his cab' , in windows; at night upon the cold rocks on • the - opposite side, and, _murmuring its name, 'would - go back silently -to his great log fire., and gazing-into its embers, with elbows-4Ni knees, would, muse upon the strange place and its mysteries. Some two hirndred yards above the ominous spot, as we pass up the ravine, a srnall path fs• discovpred, mating RD assent of the acolivity. It is partially eov eiad over with leaves, but ere the .darkne.s folly sets in, we may be able to trace, it. :Let us follow it. • Ascending some`Tifty yaids,,it suddenly diverges to the south, and a few mo ment's' walk--hindered by ouiTrequent sttim - ilea and falls over the rough rocks—and we stand at - tbe entrance of. Castle Craig. But that ep trance,. i nstead 'of beiMY b large: gradu ally contergea to an opening of less than two feet. Entering the aperture and progressing a few paces, we Mast back-to the:first secret of the drawl. • - ti There is a rough and irregular aparttnent, or gather cavern, -'with an arched' roof and • ;lagged floor, of an:average space of twelve feet. The shadow's are glowing:dirk Without but there is .plenty of light in that room.— A great wood fire is burning-in the rear, the smoke frow which seems•tceescape through a , crevice-in the' reek above; Ilse. Wriest:rookies and dares, making ft -spirits to dance and wide "about the 'floor and•walla in a wild revel of ittaritaiy. re they it:Mysterious ilwellers of this caverti:horrie. intiti'thhi r lbkir . v 414-6 . - , e ?go ; there is a - net - her Tainale. Seated upon a rough 'clap-board 'bench, with her elbows on her knees and her gaze fix4tl upon the flickering •fire; war a ,wornan dressed in antiquated, uncouth garb, made up promiscuously of skim, cloth, and the lighter qualities of female raiment.' Her arms were bare, and the looseness of the garb about the bustrerealed a long,scraggy throat, made up geemingty, of tendon's and 'mini.— Her face, framed in a mass of long, tangled hair, was hideous. for its wild, haggard looks 'and prominent cheek-bones; the glare of her gray eyes was fiendish ; the curl of her shriv eled lips heartless and dangerous. Her arms and hands were wasted' and fieshieha, and her form seemed but a human shadow. - wonder• why Mack don't come,' Abe muttered. •die (intik 'u been yer afore this.' Fut a few moments she remained silent, but a'fiUndish fire-kindled-in - her ices, while she seemed to 'think,' and then she broke dut io k wild laugh.' 'Ha, ha. haj what a bold game Fm play ing -1 • llow_long ittakes me_ to complete it ! Five years' I've been in this old cavern ; five years I've dogged the footsteps of the Squire,. hut I'll be revenged at last I Yes; Mack's plan); a good .one. Like fur like—blood for blood fot h , nor ! They think P. ellity—call me the' Wife!' of theSauth,Pass,' and, hasten by with quick steps, whenever they look up at_ Castle Craig. Ya , ha. ha I. they don't know Moll Davis, They, don't know that she's got a historvl A deepsigh•bioke from her withered lips, and a moment afterihe dashed away a tear from her eves. -This old withered bag still had a heag I What's the use to think about that 1' She muttered, suddenly closing up-the fountains of son ow. ' I've nothing left now but to blot out the stain.' 'Mother Davis, Mother Davis !' drawled twit], rough voice v% it bout the cave, and ir i t rrr . • lupting her revery. 'Show a light, :Umber Davis. It's so daik one can't Kai notlon'.' .The old hag quickly seized a pine toich at her feet, and thrusting it into. the •fire,it kin died into a blaze, and ehe hastened to the en lance. She ream el ins - a second, follow, d by a tall, taunt man, of unusual proportioni:, and-app; mit! v of thirty_years of age, but h . I,;ng, bu,lty hair and scraggy beard'eviilemiy _aided much to his real period of life. Was,doubtless more than twenty five, but Ili", brawny form and features presented a woe stalwart aspect. Why didn't you - hang out your witchlight this ereniu' r he said, in a drawling, good ritured tone, as he :threw himself . ,herivili upon a bench, and stretched out his enoom, , us legs toward the tire. I've got puny fah trotters, but hang mu if I didn't think I'd ralkinv neck over the path!' ' We must be careful how we u'e the witch Vgbt, Mack, when we're about such business Hi the present, it'd draw too much suspicion. But why didn't, you come earlier • Nothin' like precaution, Mother Davis, n' yoit , say, and fortliat reaspo I waited uutd the. mountain ta..h.ri minn he arc bny, they wouldn't see me comeltere. You-see they don't know—only ialf suspect—thy very 11-inorable relations what exist between ea' said Mack, with icpeculiar twinkle ofitis gray eves. • Anil do you Think they even suspect that tou'lo• ray son!' Asked the old lisg, fiercely. , • Wal, I. dunno; they 'only know mas 'Lazy Martz, who never worked a d a y i n his life ; but ths•y'se seen me about there ptimi vs so much, that I rather- guess they have sofas such ides ras that.' That would be fatal to our plans ; but You mast be mistaken,' said the hag, quickly. 4 We mn , t, however, gn to weak nnee.— HIV(' ydtl seen Squire H w home to-day V • Yes, and the pretty Helen, too, I. rayther guess,' said Mack, drawlingly. • 4 and; have you thought cf any plan by - which to abduct her ?' eW n l, yes, r.calkilate, it would be easy enough to get her )er the.Oare; but do you think we 'could keep •her liere I' said Mick. Oh, res!' cried the bag, with a'sati-ftcto rr chuckle; 'for you could not get one in all . Vhis settlement to come / near it. Do they nut stand In dread of me I" Have I not poi• sorted their cattle, and burned their limbed Aint . every one of 'em afraid each night to g., to sleep, for fear the 'Witch of the South Pass' Il come whir_ fire and torch 'to burl their houses. over their heads I Bah t But git Helen Hawthorn in this cave, and I'll go bail she'll never git out alive!! • Wal, I , donno .but what rou're tight, Mother 'hills,' said Mack, good-humoredly. They have a sdit o' unnatural fear of you; and, in Vint of fact, I believe they'd as soon meet the old gentleman with horns, who keeps hot fires `down lel6w, for his own amusement' i= • ' IPA how do yon expect to g,et the gi rl 1' ' Well, tell eau. You sfe ihe gal has a lawyer, a sort .0 2 ---danly school-master, who teaches letters, and readin's, and-figgers, and sich like, in the old cabin above:\ But ha's_pour as a mountain rat; andpid squire'd never consent to her marryin' him any more than he would give her to me. Su almost every evenib' she steals from- the house, and meets the Jolting school-waster, :and they take a walk down the ravine, sometimes al most so far as Castle-Craig. Do you see any thing, 11fotber Davis V. 4 I tether guess your design;-yen will knock down, or murder' the school-tua4ter, - and (Ai ry off the gill,' said Moll, with d satisfactory. chuckle. • `Your seein' -qualities is extraordinary good to night, Mother paris,' i said ;Ilea, =ding. .' I won't murder the school4asfer. If be •was found' dead- near this place, suspicion would fall at once or: you or I; 'Yand 'though the folks hereabout wouldn't come to your 'cave - ;--they might give , , me a sly 'shot when I am out on kbe mountains timid eule my breathiu" existenek . for •this world, and I'd not lire to. Lave the gal'. . t You . aie.riglit'Zsaid the hag, thoughtfully; but .when do you, etcpeet to do, this t Sot as $OO/3 1111 I can; it luny. be a-week ; it may, be to night, yet. .And .Attok lose:es - if to .--.- • _ '.The Booneville better,",said.,the: hag. ( Dui, *other-Dash., havg oikt lour wittl-_ light;'the path's so datk; thael'd ,neyer able -to ; get over ito with :the gtd iiilerartaa; 8a1.:146143k. -*I. the-6414'0u htl - traveleil t keg encittgit to. ..ktrow it; said.' ifollovith aft slight sneer. ' I eetikl".fted it if 4:To wit:meter, - Ivittst 611611 . r:1U; I reckon: 46 WE .111tE ALL.EQUAL,,BEFORE porx4ND TUE CONSTlTUTlON:”..l.4fstrivos•UnChtimitti 0 olan:Ise ; -,Susquitanitzt Cntittg, 11 . it . if,a, itUn6trat Storiti4,,,ltril . - 2g, .1.818. 'Thank you for your condescension, said Mack, as he left the cave with a low laugh. The woman went tol,one 'corner of the room, and took from one of the•niches of the rack, a queerly constructed torch-light. It appeared to be three prongs of pine, twisted like a snake, and diverging in three .differ• ent directions, about ten inches apart. Light ing each of the end', she passed through the aperture, and stuck her magic torch in•n crevice of the took, whence it flung three wiered like streams of light down the barren slope. Moll then returned to her former 'seat, and again fixing her gaze on the Sre„fell into a; reveri.... • BM let us change the Fnehe. About a mile•to the uorth of Castle . Craig. the ravine broadens into a rich and fertile valley, where the ranges of the mountain are hroken off - The t;tnher here ceases, save here and there a small strip of wood ; and at the time of which I write, the landscape pre sented the appearance of a well•cultivated farm. • At the tight hand side of the mine, im peded in-the forest trees, stood• a largesinan - opt). built of blue stone, gnarled from the s'de of the mountain. It.waaau old-time structure, With turii-ts and deep casements, and massive walls, telling of an .earlier age, when some one of the eavaliths had crossed the Potomac fiOni.Viiginia and settled there, far away from the human habitation. This mansion was the residence of Marcus Liawihorne, cello] Squiie - by the mountain 1101uaantiy, who 1 &d him in high esteem. Let uti enter. Ina neatly furn'alred . apartment, adorned with the old style massive furniture, sttt a young of apparently eighteen teats. She was very beautiful, with her mild lilt o eyes, and smooth hair, which plainly bound her fair btow, and her simple plaid diciis•gave het a rustic air, which was ptrfedtly charming. Tier gaze' seemed to be tifed upon an aged man, with gley hair, and _ but subdued features, who paced up and down the rooni with a measured tread, wrapt in thonght. Sometimes bet gitze would wander front the old man to an Jl4l fultioned portrait which hung, in a large fr tine, against tl o wall. 'Fa; her l s he said presently, have often V ought, in looking at tuothei% portrait, tha' . e could out have been a very Laudsonne wontar..'' 'Ato.l why !' asked the old man,' turning ddenti• toward her, and then glancing up 1.4 picture. 1•1 t , eatcely know, hut there. ia.a.aznothtu t z t ugh lir „the face, :that seems to chill me,' !id the girl. l'lt is a bad portrait,' replied the old man, kri l l Y, as he continued [apace the room. 1'lt• girl noticek‘that-his step was quicker, d his blow more grim and dark. It glow 'icker still, the brew ti,arker still, unto it -chine quite agitated. Tt,en lie seemed to Am himself by a powerful droll, and cam Id sat down beside her. 'Helen 1' he said, looking her earrypily in face. 5. 43 f•••••• %),(1.';••11 ve oPen thought of tolling you, tut *till I ferred it." You are now of that age when l u should know every forgery of your fatri\ thai s y.our actioLa might by governed by :m. , EM=lll 'What is the secret, father r she asked, 'lout manifesting the least escitement or rm, riltlicugh Ins recent emotions bad a her curtority. •\'o, no, no, tu•nigLt; I cannot II you Tu 'not tow, ou, shall knofN all.' AL that moment,'a hold, manly voice was acid :,inging in the ravine wi , liout, and a =sh mounted to the checks and brow of the ung gill. AA; ruu s u ill, fatter,' she said in an affee nate tone 'Lease me for a while, - Helen, I would be lie,' f•Aid the old man. I .l{lsi me firstjather.' • She knelt down befdre him, and he took r fair face between his hands, and kissed r lips , cheek and brow. 'Cud bleik - s you, my child r• he murmured. th some emotion. IShe—rose from her knees and glided softly m the room. Up the long stairway and I rmyrh the corridor to her own apartment, I • e bounded like alawn. - A cloak and how !t were quickly donned, and retracing her l•ps, she glided from the large portico of the ne house, and herded awv. Whither goes this frail,, tender girl out in the night_; out into the deep ravine, where nger often lurks, and the strong man, Lived by the superstition ofthe age, is often de to tremble, acd tell wild Wes of the ange sights he has seen ! Ah ! Helen 'ere heard the manly voice who sang 'ere a moment before; it touched a chord— e strongest ju her heart—the chord of lore, id made it vibrate. It drowned her eur l o Qi. for her father's secret; and it was with de• ht that she received Iris summons to kale Down the ravine she glided, for some fifty }rds, until Elie approached the trunk of-a 116 n and decayed oak. It was too dark to 'kinguish objects at b9t a few yards, and spoke in alow tone a Dame which made dr voice quiver— I 'Claude !' 'Helen r said amianly cline ; and the form a- man of medium ststure rose nn from • log, and stepping forMard, clasped her in . aims and imprinted a kiss upon her ow. `Oll. Claude she mrmured, partially dis gnging • herself from his embrace. •You hie very wrong to cone to tryst "to-night ; it Fo dark.' 'But what. of tfiat , l' he replied tended} - . e know the smooth path - to the ravke, kb we have trod tbuse many nights ; rad u certainly have no fears, when I am with u t You cannot feet me 1 1 'No I "na l Claude, I could not fea!you, stho eso good and noble; she esclaimed, e.r. stly. • Be twined his arm ,around her waist, aid ey commenced tddestent to the ravine. 'be •quent.rains had filled the centre within ooth •floorof sand, so that,. iles.pite ire rkness, the path was perfectly perceptit.h. .vinz words • were whispered in low vii .s • the - lovers, - until they came in- sight-1f • `tie Ciaig. ' • 'Seel' cried Delon, clingingcloser !to t ch~ti ht is ; mit to-night Some n c is - abroid: ‘sx, ha It lieghecl - Clgivie, 'does my litlt angel put rah in the , * rumoi 4-fe..i vibe 'Witch 'of Ciiit.le eralg Erethelmi tithe . to reiO, the round I quick' footst4ips:vniS beard .behind them,: and. as-they turned, , a , heavy blow sent Claude reeling sensele-s.upn the .groand. urd a' rude arm clasped the lighist- of Helen.. Her wild scteam of affiigliCkaug on the. air, and then was still, furiba became unconscious in the grasp that held her. Mull Davis, the Witch et .Castle Craig, still' sat by the fire io her cavern home, with elbows on knees; - plain. ntusingly in the flames; lier thought had taken words again, and she uttered nloild,; • 'Yes, oneelfack places' her s in my power, lie thinks to have the girl for a mistress, bat he.little dreams of A revelation to be made. rave and swear, but that will do no goitd ; his must hear hix dis appointment. • We'll all got-to)do that. I've, Mum it for marly long years. When she is once more in My poieer„Custleleraig will be' -without a huntitig- 'spirit; its witch will 'be: gone. 1, wonder if she will have the to make me human- again I' Ber reverie was interrupted by the hasty , entrance of Mack, bearing in his arms the fainting form of Helen. 'Quick I Muster Davis I I've.got the 442 e, but she's fainted.' • `Givo'her to met' cried Moil, springing for ward andiizing her from his arms. 'ls her . lover dead I" .Wal, I durum; I Lit him a pirty bard lick,' replied !thick. 'Go ;ITO. see ; if he he•dend, be must be concen'td somewhere, so es to drown et,s Mack-darted through the aperture. 'How beautiful she is r murmitred the old hag, as she held the fair girl in berserago trw, and gazed into her face. 'Ali, Helen ! iou little know who it' is, that bolds you to her bosom. But you soon will I YOU soon I' When Mack reached the spot where he had captured the gill, be fond the schOol master still' insensible. Ilis stanting., blow had Ftrilek the temple, and well nigh extin guished life. Not knowing,ubether.he was dead or alive, Mack thought the best place of -ecretion was the cave. Ile picked him up in—his, stalwart armi, and started up the ah. Ile had not proceeded far, however. before he discoveted that life was not yet eX• -i inet in dm burthen he bore. The man ream:. er'ed slowly to a seme of his ...condition, and that conviction instantly restored -all his functions. They, at this moment had leached a portion of path bordering on a ledge of .roti.k4.4and-tha. 1 t....94 5 —.,err-ttow - asmmenced a struggle to free himself from the cluntch of his captor. It was a terrible and brief struggle. sot Mack, in attempting to lintl his victim over the precipicn, was dragged titer by him, and they were b0.1.k dashed to pieces, at the bottom I The old stonirtiouse was rot in a wild up roar, on the next tricrning, when Helen was missing florn her mom. She .had not been seen by any of thilt howelw;ld from the mo ment- DIM feta tact wild with exci!einent;--find raved like a mad man. Mergers were sent to ail the insp e ct- A !,le planters, and wood inert iu the mountain an rd valley ; but none had seen bor. It was teeritde te witness the, bgo ny of vleNfurcus Hawthorne, as he stood upon the portico of the old stone Lott-e, and w..ited ta the rettn - it of each messenger, wholurd gone in search of his datigliter. Ptesintly Lie . attention was artestid b. 4eing a party of Woyf-men beating, tl.e bo dies of two men towariithe house. Be rush ed frantirallv toward tie 1, expecting to see the wangled boils' of his daughter. S.;itire, Said the'fi . xernost of the party, -here two dead bodie s we found in the gorge one be the schoo!-,rniser, gaud soul, and the other be -Lazy Mack`'' who never worked enc' The old man was relieved to find ,no Ovi denc•e of his daughier's death. but his ;eggpy only inerea